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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Supreme Services v. Sonny Greer, Inc..

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1 Supreme Services v. Sonny Greer, Inc. Anchor
la · 2007
green “courts must first consider the parties' intent by examining the words of the policy.” 10
2 Sims v. Mulhearn Funeral Home, Inc.
la · 2007
green “words and phrases in an insurance policy are to be construed using their plain, ordinary and generally prevailing meaning, unless the words have acquired a technical meaning, in which case the words must be ascribed their technical meaning.” 9
3 Joseph v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 2
la · 2006
green “the party claiming the benefit of a stipulation pour autrui bears the burden of proof.” 6
4 Cotton v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London
ca5 · 2016
green “we thus do not view the fact that the plaintiffs were not a named insured in the policy covering property they owned as a defect that goes to article iii standing.” 3

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